Three Wishes

Monday - August 19

Sport #1

Device Upload

38m

Imported from API

Sport #2

Walking

38m 23s

Rainy morning walk with Emma

My DeSoto 400 mile shorts have been acting up. My old ones were causing chaffing on the seems along the waist band. They were more than two years old so I thought I'd replace them. I word the DeSotos for the whole day (swim, bike and run, no changing) for both B2B and Vineman and I want to wear the same bottoms throughout B2B again this year. Sadly, the new pair of 400 mile shorts gets very baggy when wet. I'm not sure that I want to run a marathon in them.

I was thinking that I'd try the Pearl Izumi In-R-Cool once but I was unsure about the chamois. The Orca 226s were recommended (and a good price) so I went ahead and got them figuring that even if they were spin class shorts, that would be OK. I also ordered some 2XU shorts. I'm a little unsure about the order. If I try them on and don't love them, I will need to be strong and take advantage of the "no hassle return." Sadly, Inside-Out shop has very little in stock. I went to Chapel Hill yesterday and the TrySports store is not even close to being ready to open (TrySports had a Raleigh store but it was at a high end mall and they closed. I imagine the rent was sky high. There has been a "coming soon" type sign in Chapel Hill for months so I decided to check it out yesterday. No joy.), thus the mail order route.

I contacted DeSoto about the problem and they said try going down a size. I'm not sure that will work because they fit at the waist even when wet.

Saturday - August 17

Holy boot dryer, was it wet out! It was dry for the first 40 minutes and then steady rain (mostly light, thankfully) for the next four hours or so. The last bit was just mist.

Morrisville-Bennett-Cornith route

Time to start paying attention to on-the-bike nutrition. I had two fig newtons, two Clif bars and a Honey Stinger Waffle. Kinda debated on the waffle but ate it ;-) I started with two bottles of water (with CamelBak Elixir) and I got a 1 liter bottle en route. Did not finish the water. It was 69 when I left the house and the same when I returned. Since I'm apparently doing the full weather report -- winds about 5mph.

Friday - August 16

Sport #1

Device Upload

36m

Imported from API

Sport #2

Walking

36m 14s

Early morning walk with Emma. Beautiful morning walk followed by a gorgeous sunrise!

This unit of my Science of Gastronomy course has been fairly interesting. I enjoy baking breads (neither gluten free nor paleo here!) and it was about leavening agents. Mostly I knew this but it's interesting to hear some of the science behind it.

It depends* Too little water and the texture will be crumbly and the dough will not come together at all* Too much flour and it will lack structure

Salt

Strengthens

Sugar

Limits. Sugar competes for water.

Fats/Oils

Weakens

Also of interest -- to me at least -- butter acts as an anti-staling agent by keeping the starch grains in the flour separate.

Salt decreases the stability of egg white foam and sugar increases the stability of egg white foam. Interesting because I checked my go-to angel food cake recipe and you add the salt with the egg whites (and cream of tartar, which I know is a stabilizer).

Hmmm. So IM Chattanooga. I was thinking Vineman for next year but Kevin was making noise about vacation time (he hopes to be in a different job by next summer) and this could work. Of course if we end up going there for a training weekend it could end up taking as much vacation time as Vineman.

Anyway, while I'm mulling over those options, Myrtle Beach marathon registrations opened up and I signed up for that.

Uncomfortably hot run with a temperature of 89 and a "Real Feel" of 99. Heart rate got way high and would not come down and I got frustrated. It'll be cooler soon though, tomorrow or Thursday in fact...

Today's run included 15 minutes at half marathon pace

Sport #1

Core Training

15m

Pre swim core workout

Sport #2

Stretching

05m

Woke up to a thunderstorm at like 3 in the morning. Worried that the lightning would close the pool. Mentally sorted through my calendar to see when I could fit in the swim workout if it was missed. Obsessed?